Where: Italy (39.0° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Early Pleistocene sediments that immediately overlie crystalline basement. THICKNESS: From single bed within section of ~10 m. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed, unconformably ~ 50 cm above 2.5 m thick bed of calcareous sandstone, overlying basement crystalline breccia.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Presumably Bellomo. REPOSITORY: Not stated (in English), but possibly Instituto di Geologia Universitá di Urbino.
Primary reference: E. Bellomo. 1993. Presenza di «Ospiti boreali» (Mollusca, Gastropoda) nel Pleistocene di Contrada Case Alte (Villa S. Giovanni). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 32(3):393-399 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78312: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
Limopsis anomala clam | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Striarca lactea
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Striarca lactea clam | |
Aequipecten opercularis, Pecten jacobeus, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Chlamys glabra, Chlamys psefelis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten jacobeus scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Chlamys glabra scallop
Chlamys psefelis scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula, Anomia ephippium
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians Gmelin 1792 file clam | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Musculus subpictus mussel | |
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam | |
Venus lamellosa, Irus irus, Timoclea ovata, Clausinella fasciata, "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Venus lamellosa venus clam
Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Pseudochama gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
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"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Anodontia fragilis
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
Anodontia fragilis clam | |
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Williamia gussonii pulmonate | |
Acmaea virginea limpet | |
Patella lusitanica limpet
Patella caerulea Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella aspera" = Patella ulyssiponensis aspera Röding 1798 limpet | |
Epitonium commune wentletrap | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Payraudeautia intricata Donovan 1804 moon snail
Natica rizzae moon snail | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Rissoa variabilis, "Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona), "Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina), Rissoina bruguierei
Rissoa variabilis snail
"Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona) snail
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina) snail
Rissoina bruguierei snail | |
Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
Trivia arctica Pultenay 1799 snail
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail | |
Fusinus rudis snail | |
Nassarius cuvierii, Nassarius edwardsii, "Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia), "Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia), Cyclope donovani
Nassarius cuvierii snail
Nassarius edwardsii snail
"Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
"Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
Cyclope donovani snail | |
Buccinum undatum, Buccinum humphreysianum, Chauvetia minima, Chauvetia lineolata, "Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis)
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Buccinum humphreysianum Bennet 1825 true whelk
Chauvetia minima true whelk
Chauvetia lineolata true whelk
"Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk | |
Hyalina secalina margin shell | |
Muricopsis cristata murex snail
Muricopsis diadema murex snail
Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Ocinebrina aciculata murex snail | |
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha snail | |
Raphitoma hystrix snail
Raphitoma philberti snail | |
Cythara albida snail
Bellaspira septangularis snail | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Melanella polita snail
Balcis antiflexa snail | |
Turritella turbona turret shell | |
Bittium lacteum cerith snail
Bittium jadertinum cerith snail
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail
Cerithium lividulum cerith snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Retusa semisulcata snail | |
Limacina retroversa snail | |
Turbonilla lactea snail | |
Ovatella myosotis Draparnaud 1805 snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Danilia tinei snail | |
Clanculus corallinus, Clanculus jussieui, Clanculus cruciatus, Monodonta articulata, Jujubinus montagui, Jujubinus sp., Jujubinus tumidulus, Jujubinus striatus, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula magus, Gibbula rarilineata, Gibbula richardi, Gibbula tumida, Calliostoma laugeri, Calliostoma zizyphinum
Clanculus corallinus top snail
Clanculus jussieui top snail
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Monodonta articulata top snail
Jujubinus montagui top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
Jujubinus tumidulus top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula magus top snail
Gibbula rarilineata top snail
Gibbula richardi top snail
Gibbula tumida top snail
Calliostoma laugeri top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Tricolia pullus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Homalopoma sanguineum snail | |
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera Philippi 1844 snail | |
Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824 snail | |
Emarginula adriatica, Emarginula solidula, Emarginula fissura, Emarginula rosea, Diodora graeca, Diodora gibberula
Emarginula adriatica snail
Emarginula solidula snail
Emarginula fissura Linnaeus 1758 snail
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail
Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Haliotis lamellosa abalone |